Sanlam Trustees International

What Sanlam Trustees International does

Sanlam Trustees International is a professional services firm that provides independent trust, company, and fund administration services to private, corporate, and institutional clients. It operates from its headquarters in Mapou, Mauritius, with a separately licensed subsidiary in Guernsey, and offers its services through direct client relationships and a referral network of financial advisers, lawyers, bankers, accountants, tax professionals, and asset managers. The entity is licensed and regulated by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission and, through its Guernsey subsidiary, by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

The company's core offerings comprise company and trust formation (including Mauritian Global Business Companies, Authorised Companies, BVI and Seychelles International Business Companies, and Guernsey structures), company secretarial services, administration and accounting, corporate trustee services, fund administration and accounting, and ancillary office space, relocation, and recruitment services. The business is built on continuity of service delivered by resident directors, supported by a management team that has been together in Mauritius since 2011. Sanlam Trustees International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanlam Group, a financial institution founded in 1918 and listed on the stock exchanges of South Africa and Namibia, which is the largest non-banking financial services provider in Africa.

The firm generates revenue through professional services fees for trust, company, and fund administration engagements. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is tailored to individual client needs, with the company operating a sales-led go-to-market model focused on direct relationships and referral channels. It does not operate a proprietary technology platform; its competitive differentiation rests on jurisdictional licensing, the Sanlam Group brand, experienced personnel, and long-standing client relationships rather than on software or automation.

Name

Sanlam Trustees International

Legal name

Sanlam Trustees International Limited

Website

https://trustees.sanlam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sanlam Trustees International provides independent trust, company, and fund administration services from Mauritius and Guernsey to private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanlam Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trust and Corporate Administration Services

NAICS

Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities (523991), Trusts, Estates, and Agency Accounts (52592)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Institutional Trust Services (FSAAANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Trust Services (Trustee, Agent & Escrow Roles) (FSAEAKAB), Fund Governance Support (Board/Trustee, Minutes, Policies, Oversight) (FSAAAMAH)

Keywords

• Trust administration services
• Fund administration services
• Offshore company formation
• Corporate secretarial services
• Trustee and fiduciary services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mapou

HQ country

Mauritius

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Trust and Company Administration Services: Professional services revenue from providing independent trust, company and fund administration services to private, corporate and institutional clients. Services include company and trust formation, company secretarial services, administration and accounting, corporate trustee services, fund administration and accounting, and office space/relocation services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Sanlam Trustees International provides independent trust, company, and fund administration services to private, corporate, and institutional clients. Its core offering covers the formation of offshore corporate and trust structures in Mauritius, Guernsey, BVI, and Seychelles, together with company secretarial, accounting, corporate trusteeship, and fund administration (NAV calculations, investor register maintenance, subscription/redemption processing). The firm is licensed and regulated by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanlam Group.

Product overview

Sanlam Trustees International provides independent trust, company, and fund administration services as a unified portfolio of interconnected financial services. The core offering consists of Company and Trust Formation (establishing offshore structures in Mauritius, BVI, Seychelles, and Guernsey with FSC licensing), Company Secretarial Services (resident directors and statutory compliance), Administration and Accounting (bookkeeping, financial statements, tax compliance), Corporate Trustee Services (trusteeship), and Fund Administration and Accounting (investor management, NAV calculations, regulatory compliance). An ancillary Office Space, Relocation and Recruitment module supports clients establishing operations in Mauritius. All services are delivered through the Sanlam Group framework and are licensed and regulated by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission and Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Company and Trust Formation
• Company Secretarial Services
• Administration and Accounting
• Corporate Trustee Services
• Fund Administration and Accounting
• Office Space, Relocation and Recruitment

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IQ-EQ: Global provider of corporate administration, fund administration, fiduciary and AIFM services with presence in Mauritius, Guernsey and other key IFCs. Directly overlaps with Sanlam Trustees on trust, fund and corporate administration services for private wealth and institutional fund clients.
• Intertrust Group (now part of CSC): Pre-acquisition Intertrust was a major global corporate services, fund administration and capital markets firm with strong Asian and European offshore presence. The combined CSC entity competes head-to-head with Sanlam Trustees on trust, corporate and fund administration across Mauritius and Guernsey-relevant mandates.
• Trident Trust: Independent global corporate, trust and fund administration specialist present in Mauritius and other IFCs. Competes with Sanlam Trustees for HNW family office and corporate structuring mandates with a comparable independent-trust-firm positioning and a similar absence of large proprietary technology.
• Walkers: International law and fiduciary firm with deep Cayman, BVI, Jersey and Irish presence providing corporate, trust and fund administration services. Matches the offshore legal-and-fiduciary bundle that Sanlam Trustees serves from Mauritius and Guernsey.
• Maples Group: Provides legal, fiduciary and fund administration services globally with a strong footprint in the Cayman Islands and Irish/Dublin/Cayman/Luxembourg fund structures. Comparable offering in offshore trust, corporate and fund administration, serving institutional and HNW clients across jurisdictions relevant to Sanlam Trustees' clients.
• Maitland Group: Global advisory and fund administration firm with a Mauritius office and strong African fund-services franchise. Directly competes with Sanlam Trustees on hedge fund and private equity fund administration, NAV calculation and investor services across the same Mauritius-domiciled client base.
• Appleby Global: Offshore law firm providing corporate, fiduciary and fund services in Bermuda, Cayman, BVI, Jersey and Guernsey. Competes head-to-head with Sanlam Trustees for institutional and HNW clients seeking multi-jurisdictional offshore structuring solutions.
• Elian: Provider of corporate, fund administration and private wealth services across the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, BVI and Asia. Overlaps directly with Sanlam Trustees on cross-border fund and trust administration for institutional and HNW segments.
• Conyers: Leading offshore law firm with fiduciary, corporate and fund administration capability out of Bermuda, Cayman, BVI, Cayman and Mauritius-adjacent markets. Competes for the same offshore holding and fund structures that Sanlam Trustees administers.
• TMF Group: Largest global provider of compliance and administrative services including corporate secretarial, accounting, trust and fund administration across 80+ jurisdictions, including Mauritius. Directly competes with Sanlam Trustees on multi-jurisdictional company formation, trustee and fund admin mandates for HNW and institutional clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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